Apparatus for dyeing, &amp; c.



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APPARATUS FOR DYEING, 81.6.

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APPARATUS FOR DYEING, 8m,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

WILLIAM MATI-IER, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DYEING, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,099, dated September 3, 1901.

Application filed January 2, 1901. Serial No. 41,909. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MATHER, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at Salford Iron WVorks,lWIanchester,in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Bleaching and Dyeing Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for bleaching and dyeing fabrics, and relates more particularly to an improvement upon Patents Nos. 653,580, 653,581, and 662,261, granted to me, respectively, July 10, 1900, July 10, 1900,, and November 10, 1900.

The invention aims to construct an apparatus for effecting the complete bleaching and dyeing of fabrics in a rolled condition in a manner similar to that described in the patents above mentioned; and to this end the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4:, 5, and .6 are respectively a transverse section, a longitudinal section, and a plan of the apparatus ing.

ond rolling apparatus, which 1 preferably make in duplicate in order .to save time.

a is one of a pair of frames having a mandrel a mounted in bearings on it, having below it a liquor-tank b, with heating-pipes b r and suitable guide-rollers b so that a web or a set of webs b temporarily connected together 'can be passed through an acidulated water 11 or other cleansing liquid in the tank I) and wound on each mandrel Ct to form a roll.

0 is the framing of one of two trucks, each provided with hearings to receivethe roll-mandrel a and each having an end chamber at, with its front plate perforated and with teeth c around its periphery. The truck a is adapted to be moved over the tank 0 and to receive from the mandrel a the web 6 the latter passing over the guide-rollers 0 arranged at the top of one side of the tank a. The

web 6 also passes over the guide-rollers 0 in the tank 0. The latter is also provided with heating-pipes c and the acidulated water 0 or other cleansing liquid. I

The reference 0 denotes a pair of trackrails for the truck 0.

f is a keir provided at the top with the chamberf, in which a pair of worms f are engaged with pinions g, which gear with the teeth on the perforated plates of the truck, so that by turning the Worms by handles or gears outside the chamber the rolls are turned within the keir. The latter is further provided with a tightly-closing door f h is the tank, built of or lined with material, such as cement, that is not attacked by acid and provided with metal fittings that are not acted on by the liquids employed. At one end of the tank there is provided an uncovered bearing '0' to receive one of the rollmandrels. At the other end is mounted a chamber having a perforated front plate with teeth around its periphery connected by a gear j with a worm 7o, by turning which the roll is turned.

h denotes a rotary pump communicating with the tank h, by means of the pipe 7?, for causing the circulation of liquids through the tank It. The roll-mandrel at one end is centered at one side of the tank It on a spindle is, which is advanced by a screw kiworked by an external handle Z after the roll has been lowered in the tank. At the other side of the tank there is a screw worked by an external handle m for presenting the roll against the perforated plate. When it is desired to remove the roll from the tank, this screw is screwed back and the spindle at the other side is withdrawn, leaving the roll-mandrel free, so that the roll can be raised by the crane or traveler n, and therefrom to any point desired.

The operation of the device is as follows: I take the dry fabric as it comes from the loom in open or in full breadth folds and I pass the end of the web or of several webs temporarily through a bath of acidulated water or through a suitable cleansing liquid more or less heated in the tank I). I attach the web to the mandrel (1, arranged above the tank I), as hereinbefore described. I cause the mandrel to revolve, so as to draw the fab- ICO ric through a bath and wind it as a roll. By means of the crane or overhead traveler I transfer the roll to a tank made of material which is not acted on by the acids, and I immerse the roll and liquid in this tank, pressing an end of the roll against the perforated wall of the chamber, which is, as well as the tank It itself, connected by a suitable pipe to a rotary or other pump h. I cause the acidulated water or other suitable liquid, heated as may be required, and afterward water without acid to circulate lengthwise through the roll until the fabric is thoroughly washed. The roll is then transferred to the tank b, and the fabric is unwound by winding it on the mandrel a above tank 0'. The fabric is passed through an alkali solution as it is being wound upon the mandrel a The mandrel a on which the fabric is now wound is mounted on a truck 0, adapted to be run into the keirf. I preferably run a pair of trucks carrying rolls into the keir f, and having closed the door f tightly I pass hot alkali liquor and also steam lengthwise through the rolls such time as it may be necessary. I then wash the fabric by passing water through the roll and run the trucks and rolls out of the keir. I then by means of the crane or traveler transfer each roll into the tank h. In this tank It I treat the fabric to the bleaching liquor, passing it lengthwise in the roll, as in the previous treatment. The tank his then emptied, and in the case where the bleaching liquor contains lime I circulate acidulated water lengthwise through the roll. Such treatment with acid may, however, not be necessary when there is no lime in the bleaching liquor. Lastly, in the tank I effect a thorough washing with water passed through the roll lengthwise. Then by means of the crane or traveler I remove the roll of fabric, which is now thoroughly bleached, and transfer it to any suitable drying apparatus. When the fabric has to be dyed, it is treated in the tank It or in one of a similar kind with dye liquor caused to circulate lengthwise through the roll for such time and at such temperature as maybe necessary to effect dyeing to the shade desired. After this the fabric is washed by circulating Water through it, and the roll can be transferred to a suitable drying apparatus.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. In an apparatus for bleaching and dyeing fabric, mandrels on which the fabric is rolled and from which it is unrolled, supporting means therefor, trucks for suitably supporting the rolls of fabric, each of which is provided with a circumferentially-toothed front, a keir for receiving the trucks and rolls of fabric, means engaging the toothed front of the trucks for rotating said rolls of fabric within the keir, a tank provided with means for supporting the mandrel carrying the fabric, an end chamber for said tank having a perforated front wall with its periphery toothed, means for retaining the mandrel car rying the fabric within the end chamber, means for rotating said end chamber, causing thereby the rotation of the mandrel retained in the end chamber, and means for circulating liquid through said end chamber and tank.

2. Apparatus for bleaching and dyeing fabrics in their full width, comprising mandrels on which the fabric is rolled or from which it is unrolled, frames provided with bearings for the mandrels, trucks having bearings for mandrels and end chambers with perforated fronts adapted to have the rolls of fabrics pressed against them, the said front being oircuinferentially toothed, a track for the trucks, a keir adapted to receive the trucks, and provided with a tightly-closing door, and with gearing to engage the toothed peripheries of the end chamber of the trucks, a tank made of material not attacked by bleaching or dyeing liquids having bearings fora mandrel and a rotatable end chamber with perforated front and toothed periphery, a gear adapted to engage the said periphery and rotate the chamber, and a rotary pump and pipes for circulation of liquids through the tank and its end chamber.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM MATI-IER. lVitnesses:

JNo. R. THORNHILL, JAS. STEWART BROADFOOT. 

